metallicus
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mĕtallĭcus: a, um, adj. id.,
I of or belonging to metal, metallic (post-Aug.).
I Adj.: molybdaena metallica, Plin. 34, 18, 53, § 173: natura, id. 27, 4, 5, § 15.—
II Subst.: mĕtallĭcus, i, m.
A A digger of metals, a mine-digger, miner: lavant eas arenas metallici, Plin. 34, 16, 47, § 157; Cod. Just. 11, 6, 7.—
B A person condemned to the mines, Dig. 48, 19, 10.—
C A worker in stone, Cassiod. Var. 7, 15.
